Whenever it's primal_pastry's birthday, it reminds me that my labor started on her birthday. We are days away from my child's birthday. I have complex emotional reactions. Excitement at the celebration, remembered anxiety of the act of labor, startlement that my child is this small human that's not so small.  This year we're combinging forces with woodwardiocom and buxom_bey since ( Read more... )

Life decreed I would wake up a bit after 6, but I was AWAKE, so it's OK. I like the idea of sleeping in ( Read more... )

I got my second session with Stephanie at the doctor's office on stress management. My first session is documented from 2 weeks ago. I've been doing a pretty good job integrating the first bit of homework

• Puff ball prize seems to be working. I've adapted the original idea slightly. The every day jar is smallish jam size (1 1/4 cups?), which is a bit ( Read more... )

Today was the first visit at my doctor's office for stress management. Initially,( exposition )

This kid... A great kid.  And very age-appropriate. Favorite thing these days is to say "yeah yeah yeah..." and then not do the thing I want him to do (like get up and get dressed). Then as soon as I try to implement consequences, he freaks out.  It's been 3 days in a row of this where my reaction has been dumping into anger in ways I find ( Read more... )

I listened to the recent This American Life called "Birds and Bees" which discussed making babies, racism, and death. What adults say to kids, what kids say to each other. All these things are things I need to deal with at some point, and given the adventerous nature of my progeny, the death one is a theme for this week ( Read more... )

[I acknowledge here, I am reinventing the wheel-- I’m mostly writing this for my own remembering later]

When they say 3 is hard, I don’t think you can quite comprehend that on a bone-deep level until you find yourself arguing with your mini-me over the most ridiculous shit. The thing I’ve come to learn is for every “no” I say, he will always be able ( Read more... )

So, Crime Fighter was so happy that uncle fubar was back and everyone was at dinner last night: an attentive audience ( Read more... )

asciikitty and I had a date last night, which is rare! We are often quietly doing stuff together at home, but it's not the same as going on an adventure ( Read more... )

( work )